While the the links here are useful, they hardly give any context to the argument of meat eating vs. vegetarian:

Some clear facts with context:

- US is the largest meat consumer per capita (121 Kg per person in 2017) with also the third highest diabetic population (after India and China).

- The above numbers are absolute numbers, and not per capita, so naturally China and India are the top two. Let us use it as a percentage of population as in this statistic:

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news_landing_page/uk-has-worlds-5th-highest-rate-of-type-1-diabetes-in-children/list-of-countries-by-incidence-of-type-1-diabetes-ages-0-to-14

India here is 59th and China is 71st. The US and UK are in the top 10.

As, for the points about longevity and stunted growth, they are more of indicators of how developed a country is rather than the type of diet:

-Longevity is affected a lot by access to healthcare, cleanliness etc. which are not really good in developing countries.

-Stunted growth, also similarly happens mainly in poor regions, due to lack of food altogether. Not by limiting to only a particular kind of food.

Yes, science looks at the big picture, so please give a context and comparison when you site a statistic.

Thanks!